Short answer
Medicare's skilled nursing facility benefit requires a qualifying inpatient hospital admission and covers a limited period of rehabilitation, not long-term placement. Texas licenses nursing homes under Health and Safety Code Chapter 242, separate from assisted living's Chapter 247.
The same building can house both short-term rehab patients and long-term residents under one license. Ask a facility's business office directly how many Medicare-covered rehab days remain during a stay -- coverage is reassessed periodically and ends once a patient no longer needs daily skilled care.
